Robert Byrd

Robert Byrd is a study in sheer endurance. Over fifty-one years in the Senate, plus six in the House, makes him a fixture rather than a passing figure, and his side identities as lawyer, historian, and fiddler hint at a man more layered than the institution he embodied. His record carries real shadows alongside its accomplishments, and I would not flatten that. But the stubborn persistence of staying useful in one chair for half a century commands a grudging respect. I tend to value people who outlast everyone in a single pursuit, and Byrd is the extreme case.

Name (English)

Robert Byrd

Name (Japanese)

ロバート・バード

Reading

ろばーと・ばーど

Born

November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

Origin

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States

Occupation

politician / lawyer / historian / fiddler

University

Marshall University

Awards & achievements

• Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Fear
• 2003 Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
• Commander's Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
• 2007 Friend of History Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Byrd
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276524

Tags

• North Carolina
• politician
• lawyer
• historian

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.